2017 Infernalis litter born today...s

When I arrived home with wifey this afternoon I decided to check on my gravid California red sided girl. Lo and behold a tub full of baby garters. So far I counted 16 with mom still attempting to finish dropping. Unfortunately there are another 6 that were stillborn. She is a neon blue Cali red that I bred to a male "pianchi line" neon blue. This is the male... I will post the mom and babies tomorrow when she's done laying.https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...ge_995013.jpeg

I knew you breed garters but not these. Very cool please post pics of the baby's when you get time.

He is lovely, sorry for the six stillborn babies, but sounds like she is one amazing momma. Good luck , can not wait to see all the adorable babies<3


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Originally Posted by EDR

I knew you breed garters but not these. Very cool please post pics of the baby's when you get time.

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Well, I have been raising two pair of T.S. Infernalis for abut two years but only started breeding them this season. I will put the baby pics up tomorrow. Thanks.

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He is lovely, sorry for the six stillborn babies, but sounds like she is one amazing momma. Good luck , can not wait to see all the adorable babies<3


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Thank you C.M. The count for stillborns is 7 now. She is a big female and I didn't expect such a high mortality rate. :( . I do have the other female who is gravid so I hope she has a better production of live babies.

T.s. Infernalis female finished dropping her first litter and winds up with 13 live and 7 stillborns. :(. Glad to see the sucess with the new babies. She has been a trooper.https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...age_105937.jpg

Some of the babies...https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...mage_28500.jpg

The other corner of the tub. Lol.https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...age_345816.jpg

Wow, those are beautiful. I went years not knowing there were gorgeous garter snakes besides the easterns I see occasionally here in MA.


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They are gorgeous, congratulations, it must have been a tough pill to swallow losing seven babies[emoji24], at least you have this gorgeous babies to help soften the blow. Congratulations again[emoji847][emoji322][emoji216]


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Wow, those are beautiful. I went years not knowing there were gorgeous garter snakes besides the easterns I see occasionally here in MA.


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Wow! There are so many amazing garter snakes out here. One of the things most garter snake keepers want to do is to bring them back to the forefront. Thanks. Remeber they are the original " first snake" for so many of us but now they have been taken to the next level. Eventually they will be making room on Morph Market for the infamous garter snake and its multitude of morphs.

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They are gorgeous, congratulations, it must have been a tough pill to swallow losing seven babies[emoji24], at least you have this gorgeous babies to help soften the blow. Congratulations again[emoji847][emoji322][emoji216]


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Thanks again C.M. It absolutely is a tough pill and i try not to dwell on the mortality and morbidity instead on the new lives created. Reptile reproduction never gets old! :D

Congrats Albert! Those are some of the coolest looking, beautiful snakes ever!

The blue stripe is to die for!

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Wow! There are so many amazing garter snakes out here. One of the things most garter snake keepers want to do is to bring them back to the forefront. Thanks. Remeber they are the original " first snake" for so many of us but now they have been taken to the next level. Eventually they will be making room on Morph Market for the infamous garter snake and its multitude of morphs.

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A garter was definitely the first snake I ever touched, handled, etc... but I never considered them as a possible pet for me because I wanted something I couldn't find in the woods behind my house. Garters like yours I definitely won't be finding in the woods near here though, hahaha!! I still don't see one in my near future because there are others I want to add first, but they are beautiful animals and yours are some stunning examples. My eyes are open to them now, so maybe someday...

Thanks for sharing!

The color on that male is stunning! I'm glad to see their popularity rise a bit. If only there were more Puget Sound garter breeders out there too...

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Congrats Albert! Those are some of the coolest looking, beautiful snakes ever!

The blue stripe is to die for!

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. Thank you Reinz. He is a stunning guy for sure.

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A garter was definitely the first snake I ever touched, handled, etc... but I never considered them as a possible pet for me because I wanted something I couldn't find in the woods behind my house. Garters like yours I definitely won't be finding in the woods near here though, hahaha!! I still don't see one in my near future because there are others I want to add first, but they are beautiful animals and yours are some stunning examples. My eyes are open to them now, so maybe someday...

Thanks for sharing!

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. For sure craig. Thanks.

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The color on that male is stunning! I'm glad to see their popularity rise a bit. If only there were more Puget Sound garter breeders out there too...

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. Thanks ant. I like him a lot. This is his and her first pairing and I am happy to see it is a sucess. I do have a blue puget sound project and the female is gravid. I am hoping to see her produce hatchlings soon. :)

That's great Albert! I love those guys, their colour is awesome! Do you know if the babies usually take rodents straight away?


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Those are very impressive!!!

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That's great Albert! I love those guys, their colour is awesome! Do you know if the babies usually take rodents straight away?


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Thanks. They really are a amazing subspecies. They typically start out with nightcrawlers chopped to size with a multivitamin supplement sprinkled or dusted over that. The best feeders in the litter graduate to f/t chopped pinky parts and nightcrawlers mixed with occaisionally offering a f/t guppy or platy. Eventually they are big enough to handle day old pink mice and move on to large pink mice f/t whole. They don't tolerate fur very well so the hairless hopper works well for sub adults and adults.

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Those are very impressive!!!

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TYVM cc.

Yay Albert, congrats! I have a female that's about bursting at the seams.

SO cool! Thats one handsome daddy, and a beautiful Mommy. Congrats!!

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Yay Albert, congrats! I have a female that's about bursting at the seams.

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Hey John, thanks. You should be sitting nice now with your amazing infernalis litter.

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SO cool! Thats one handsome daddy, and a beautiful Mommy. Congrats!!

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Thank you Sunnies! They are both high quality animals from great breeders.

The babies have done quite a bit of growing and are looking amazing. They were very hard to get started feeding regularly but now it's grow, grow, grow some more.https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...age_40504.jpeg

Looking good, Albert! It's amazing how fast these grow once they get going. I had good luck keeping my communally. As soon as one makes it's way to the feeding plate the rest always scramble to get there - competition seems to be a pretty good motivator for the species. I offered a chop earthworm and pinky mix for their first feed and they cleaned house. Each feeding I'd do less worm and more mouse to where I'm just chopping mice now. Mine still have a ways to go before I get to stop being a small critter butcher but the chore is more than made up for watching them tackle a pile of gooey mess.